carrying place

American  

noun

1. portage.

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carrying place British  

noun

1. another name for portage

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Example Sentences

Around this dam is the last carrying place between this and Mud Lake, over which our boatmen trudged with their boats, like great turtles with their shells upon their backs.

From Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod by Hammond, S. H. (Samuel H.)

At last we reached the four-mile carrying place, from the Dead River to the stream that leads into Lake Megantic.

From The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773 by Watson, Henry C.

On October 12, Colonel Enos and the rear guard reached the Twelve Mile carrying place.

From Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Leaving a disagreeable job to the last, the men at each carrying place avoided these boxes, and there was a struggle to see who would not carry them.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin

The next day’s journey brought them to the carrying place between the Petitcodiac and the Canaan river, which they crossed and encamped.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)